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Yours under date of May10th came duly to hand, since which I have had nocommunication from Logansport. Could I visit you aseasily in reality, as in imagination, I should very often bebeside your easel, but 300 miles is a great distance forme to go, & I do not know as I shall ever make the jour-ney, but I shall cherish the hope whether there is a prospectof realizing it or not. I wish you much joy in the addi-tion to your family, of course it is all you could desireit to be. I think you will now have to rub out the dogyou had chalked upon the big picture, & insert the babyin its place. I shall expect the sketch of the battleground from the west, before long, for the weather hasbeen hot enough to make it evident that summer hascome, whatever it may lack in other respects. The thermometer has stood for three days last week at over 90. Thisweek although warm is considerably cooler. I am alsovery glad to hear of the money got for your large pictures of the battle ground. I wish it had been more.

I am really astonished that the A.A.U. should haverejected your picture. I am sure there was adozen at least in the collection last year, for which Iwould not give mine. But I suppose they are raiding

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Yours under date of May10th came duly to hand, since which I have had nocommunication from Logansport. Could I visit you aseasily in reality, as in imagination, I should very often bebeside your easel, but 300 miles is a great distance forme to go, & I do not know as I shall ever make the jour-ney, but I shall cherish the hope whether there is a prospectof realizing it or not. I wish you much joy in the addi-tion to your family, of course it is all you could desireit to be. I think you will now have to rub out the dogyou had chalked upon the big picture, & insert the babyin its place. I shall expect the sketch of the battleground from the west, before long, for the weather hasbeen hot enough to make it evident that summer hascome, whatever it may lack in other respects. The thermometer has stood for three days last week at over 90. Thisweek although warm is considerably cooler. I am alsovery glad to hear of the money got for your large pictures of the battle ground. I wish it had been more.

I am really astonished that the A.A.U. should haverejected your picture. I am sure there was adozen at least in the collection last year, for which Iwould not give mine. But I suppose they are raiding